[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 914-915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-198]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Transportation Security Administration


Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements: Agency 
Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Flight Crew Self-
Defense Training--Registration and Evaluation

AGENCY: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), DHS.

ACTION: Notice of emergency clearance request.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation 
Security Administration, has submitted a request for emergency 
processing of a new public information collection to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 35). This 
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below has been forwarded to OMB for review and comment. The 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden.

DATES: Send your comments by February 4, 2005. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be faxed to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: DHS-TSA 
Desk Officer, at (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Dean, Privacy Officer, Office of 
Transportation Security Policy, TSA-9, Transportation Security 
Administration, 601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4220; 
telephone (571) 227-3947; facsimile (571) 227-2555.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

    Title: Flight Crew Self-Defense Training--Registration and 
Evaluation.
    Type of Request: Emergency processing request of new collection.
    OMB Control Number: Not yet assigned.
    Form(s): ``Level 1 End-of-Course Evaluation''; ``Community College 
Sign-In Sheet.''
    Affected Public: Flight and cabin crew on commercial passenger and 
cargo flights.
    Abstract: Section 603 of Vision 100--Century of Aviation 
Reauthorization Act (Pub. L. 108-176) requires TSA to develop and 
provide a voluntary advanced self-defense training program for flight 
and cabin crew members of air carriers providing scheduled passenger 
air transportation. This collection would allow TSA to collect 
identifying information from volunteer flight and cabin crew members 
who register for self-defense classes, and would permit TSA to solicit 
voluntary feedback on the quality of the training. Due to an impending 
statutory deadline, TSA is seeking an emergency three-month 
authorization, until April 2005, to collect this information.
    Identifying information would be gathered from trainees who have 
registered for a self-defense program to confirm that they are eligible 
for that program (i.e., that they are an active flight or cabin crew 
member for a commercial or cargo air carrier), and to confirm their 
attendance at the self-defense classes. The information that would be 
collected consists of the trainee's identifying information (such as 
the trainee's name and employee number), the name of their employer, 
and contact information. TSA will use a sign-in sheet to collect this 
information at the beginning of the self-defense course.
    After training is completed, TSA would solicit written feedback 
from trainees by using a standard TSA training evaluation form. 
Completion of this form would be voluntary and anonymous.

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    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 750 hours annually.
    Estimated Annual Cost Burden: $0.00.
    TSA is soliciting comments to--
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed information requirement is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

    Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on December 29, 2004.
Lisa S. Dean,
Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-198 Filed 1-4-05; 8:45 am]
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